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  1. Re:Keep those DVDs cheap boys... on Interview with MPAA Chief Dan Glickman · · Score: 1

    Though seriously, its not like movies get traded with carelessness as songs do. Its takes a good amount of intent to become a large movie distributor. Either way if they sat on their lorals and just watched they would be creating the idea that they don't care if you steal it. Either way I got the impression he was more concerned about bootleg DVDs than online piracy, either way its of concern to let people know you don't want someone copying your stuff.

  2. Re:Let The Games Begin on Evoting Problems in Ohio · · Score: 1

    Interesting article, for those who don't wish to read, it basically states that Ohio still used punch cards and there were thousands with overvotes and undervotes and hanging chads and all that crap that got thrown out.

    Article goes on to suggest that most all of these must be for the Democrats. Either way election is over recount wasn't asked for, laws need to be changed. Oh well.

  3. Re:Does not change the election, BUT... on Evoting Problems in Ohio · · Score: 1

    Yes, but what happends when they find out he didn't win but they find out too late for the election to be changed?

  4. Re:educated correlates to republican, to a point on 3D Election Results Map by County · · Score: 1

    You can find that in the exit polling of the last election infact.
    http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/re sults/sta tes/US/P/00/epolls.0.html

  5. Re:Wages are earned. on 3D Election Results Map by County · · Score: 1

    Wage earners are definatly in a position to bargin, they can leave. And while high paying jobs might be hard to come by slightly above minimum wage jobs are a dime a dozen. If someone needs the extra money they can find a higher paying job. Most minimum wage earners are either kids who don't need the money or people on some sort of government assistance anyways. So for the first group, why should the employer be forced to pay the person X dollars an hour when that person would accept less and could live off less, just because the government says so. In the second case removing minimum wage would increase the amounts of available jobs while removing a burden of people who don't need the money taking up higher paying jobs. Thus the person who needs the money can find a skill that can get them a good paying job. And don't tell me the govenrment won't pay out large amounts of money for that person to learn some skill.

  6. Re:Correlations on 3D Election Results Map by County · · Score: 1

    I really want to know if the z-axis is total voters, or voters for said color, or difference in voters for said color..?? Couldn't find explanation on website. Anyone know?

  7. Re:Oh Canada! on Kerry Concedes Election To Bush · · Score: 1

    Yeah, because you have a lot of land, but still do you produce enough to substane your huge population (approximatly 12% of the US)

  8. Re:(D) One problem on Could Nuclear Power Wean the U.S. From Oil? · · Score: 1

    Well it basically boils down to efficiency, once nuclear fuel has been used for X amount of time it still is radiative but not so much so that its a waste to leave in the nuclear reactor as its going to produce very little amounts of radiation for a long time. There is much experimentation is ways to quickly zap this radiation out and put it to use, or breader reactors which actually reradiate spent fuel. Either way none of this can be used in our current existing nuclear reactors, hopefully if new reactors are built in the future they can take advantage of such technologies.

  9. Re:(D) One problem on Could Nuclear Power Wean the U.S. From Oil? · · Score: 1

    You do realize the hydrogen cars are at this stage efficitly the same as electric cars. Hydrogen is simply an effictive energy storage solution that is much more efficient than conventional batteries. By Hydrogen economy they literly are refering to it our energy economy except that it would allow energy to be bought and sold in a stored manor rather than buying and selling grid energy.

  10. Re:TWO PROBLEMS - who pays for the power stations? on Could Nuclear Power Wean the U.S. From Oil? · · Score: 1

    Much of the "cost" is actually reglatory, licensing, insurance cost. France runs nuclear reactors much cheaper because they have type-certified reactors meaning if you build a reactor to this exact specifications its easy to get approval, as opposed to here it required constant negotiations with reglatory boards every step of the building process.

  11. Re: One problem on Could Nuclear Power Wean the U.S. From Oil? · · Score: 1

    Actually as long as your attached to the grid you don't need a battery for solar power, effictivly the grid acts as your battery. Of course you go out when the grid goes out, but thats just the tradeoff you have to make unless you want to buy a battery.
    Other note is solar cells are expensive to make and have a pretty high energy cost that isn't recovered till several years of use, and then only generally last for about 20 year. Now solar energy power done on massive scale is generally done through reflection which heats up water which turns turbines and whatnot. Not practicle on a household scale, but works on a power plant scale. Though for your money your still not getting a very good return.

  12. Re:(D) One problem on Could Nuclear Power Wean the U.S. From Oil? · · Score: 1

    Actually its more expensive than you think. Apparently getting to the sun takes more energy than excaping the solar-system all together, I'd choose the later.

  13. Re:(D) One problem on Could Nuclear Power Wean the U.S. From Oil? · · Score: 1

    We are constantly exposed to low level radiation, and suppositivly this is a good thing for evolution, shrugs. Either way I guess it depends upon how low that "low" level is, though I don't know what the exact messures, but I'm sure constant exposure to any level to be deemed dangerous is probably worse than short term non lethal level exposures.

  14. Re:(D) One problem on Could Nuclear Power Wean the U.S. From Oil? · · Score: 1

    With no atmosphere the air doesn't get contanimated with radiation. Either way the moon is bombarded by radiation from the sun, any base would have to be sealed thus base could be right next to a pile of waste and it really wouldn't matter.

  15. Re:(D) One problem on Could Nuclear Power Wean the U.S. From Oil? · · Score: 1

    Ok, are you saying he voted FOR the reactor, or he voted for getting rid of the reactor? Because if he voted FOR the reactor, the grandparent post would be wrong.

  16. Re:Nevada's on Could Nuclear Power Wean the U.S. From Oil? · · Score: 1

    Reading the page about orgone energy, I stopped at this point


    Initially, Don experimented by adding the fiberglass resin/metal chip matrix to his Terminator boxes to enhance its action, and Carol, who can see the human aura, noticed that the auric field of Don's body had expanded when he was wearing the Terminator


    Good stuff though.

  17. Re:Wikipedia contest: spot the birdie! on Could Nuclear Power Wean the U.S. From Oil? · · Score: 1

    Not seeing it, I think they cleaned it up and locked the page?.. Is it still there.

  18. Re:third solution on Could Nuclear Power Wean the U.S. From Oil? · · Score: 1

    Technologically, the entire world could live a higher standard of living than we are living today with no fossil fuel used whatsoever.

    Explain.

  19. Re:(D) One problem on Could Nuclear Power Wean the U.S. From Oil? · · Score: 1

    Just put it up on a rocket and explode it, HAHA JK.

    I don't know seems like you could just spray it out, wouldn't have to be THAT evenly.

  20. Re:So, have the devs been listening? on Thunderbird 0.9 Released · · Score: 1

    Personally I'm waiting for a tray for calendar, arg the though of having to keep it open to get my reminders!!!!

    (Not that I actually use it or have reminders, but you get my point :)

  21. Re:(D) One problem on Could Nuclear Power Wean the U.S. From Oil? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Into the oceans obviously!

    Suprisingly if scattered out this is actually a good idea as there as underwater volcanos are already spilling out much more heavy metals and nuclear material than we can possibly dump, of couse as I said it would have to be ground up and spread out evently.

    Not that the hippies would understand mind you.

  22. Re:They do? on Blackboxvoting.org Raises Vote-Audit FOIA Request · · Score: 1

    The U.S. pretty much grabbed the president of Haiti and put him on a plane to Africa, against his will, while he was still Haiti's President while U.S. backed rebels were closing in on him. Its most books it might be called kidnapping a sovereign head of state.

    I remember that story, but don't remember how it turned out, I was under the impression that he took him of his request in order to save his life, in which he later turned around and said the opposite. The story died and I never heard the final outcome of what was the truth.. Any links?

  23. Re:Death on Bartle to MMOG Players - Newbs! · · Score: 1

    Well different people like different things. Personally I like to be constantly challenged and experience new things. Generally I leave once I get to a point where I'm just trying to build my character and everything is old hat. While others exist for such things for whatever sick reason is beyond me.

  24. Re:They do? on Blackboxvoting.org Raises Vote-Audit FOIA Request · · Score: 1

    I'm really talking about physically arresting him that act wouldn't go over so well. Trying him in an international court of law itself may be possible.

  25. Re:Oh Canada! on Kerry Concedes Election To Bush · · Score: 1

    Shrugs, it was a joke, good luck getting it to New York without being shot down though :). Well maybe you can fly over canada.